The Infinite Book by Barrow, John D. -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

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COVER PAGE TITLE PAGE TABLE OF CONTENTS DEDICATION EPIGRAPH PRAISE PREFACE CHAPTER ONE

THE ROUGH GUIDE TO INFINITY INTIMATIONS OF THE INFINITE ZENO HOUR

CHAPTER TWO

DARKNESS AT NOON A PURELY ARISTOTELIAN RELATIONSHIP INFINITY AND GOD A LITTLE KANT

CHAPTER THREE

HOTELS EXPERIENCES OF THE HOTEL INFINITY

CHAPTER FOUR

AN IMMACULATE MISCONCEPTION ALBERT OF SAXONY’S PARADOX GALILEO’S PARADOX CADMUS AND HARMONIA TERMINATOR 0, ½ AND 1 COUNTABLE INFINITIES UNCOUNTABLE INFINITIES THE TOWERING INFINITO

CHAPTER FIVE

CANTOR AND SON THE CHRONICLE OF KRONECKER CANTOR, GOD, AND INFINITY– THE TRINITY WITH AFFINITY ALL’S SAD THAT ENDS BAD

CHAPTER SIX

TRIPLE TOP LET’S GET PHYSICAL NAKED INFINITIES THE GREAT BLUE YONDER INFINITY ON THE BACK FOOT

CHAPTER SEVEN

EVERYTHING THAT IS COSMOLOGY GOES UNDERGROUND BENT UNIVERSES THE PROBLEM OF TOPOLOGY THE PROBLEM OF UNIFORMITY THE PROBLEM OF ACCELERATION WHERE DOES THIS LEAVE US? THE SHINING

CHAPTER EIGHT

A UNIVERSE WHERE NOTHING IS ORIGINAL THE GREAT ESCAPE THE TEMPORAL VERSION– BEEN THERE, DONE THAT THE NEVER-ENDING STORY THE ETHICS OF THE INFINITE

CHAPTER NINE

OTHER WORLDS IN HISTORY OUT OF THIS WORLD INFLATION– HERE, THERE, AND EVERYWHERE CONSCIOUS INTERVENTIONS– MEN IN BLACK SIMULATED UNIVERSES HOW SHOULD WE THEN LIVE?

CHAPTER TEN

SUPER-TASKS RUBBING THOMSON’S LAMP SOME NORSE CODE THE END-GAME PROBLEM RELATIVITY AND THE AMAZING SHRINKING MAN A MATTER OF TIMING NEWTONIAN SUPER-TASKS RELATIVISTIC SUPER-TASKS BIG BANGS AND BIG CRUNCHES

CHAPTER ELEVEN

CHILDHOOD’S END THE SOCIOLOGY OF ETERNITY THE PROBLEM-PAGE OF THE UNENDING FUTURE THE STRANGE, FAMILIAR, AND FORGOTTEN INCESTUOUS TIME TRAVEL THE GRANDMOTHER PARADOX CONSISTENT HISTORIES TOURISTS FROM THE FUTURE TIME TRAVELLERS IN THE FINANCIAL WORLD: PERPETUAL MONEY MACHINES WHY YOU CAN’T CHANGE THE PAST INFINITY – WHERE WILL IT ALL END?

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